Recognize and Remember

Our first table was from my parent’s basement and around it sat 4 folding chairs. It was just the two of us, learning this relationship called marriage and learning to eat my cooking (my first attempt at gravy turned into a ball). In our first week of marriage, we had already been dealt a life change diagnose of type 1 diabetes (insulin, needles, ... read more

Sometimes it takes a year to respond to God's calling. Last year, when Wordpress sent me an email with how many had visited this site, I knew I was to revive it, but I "dragged my heels" in doing the work needed to make it happen. I had too much to do with my business, family, new grandbabies and life to revive my blog.
But I heard the call ... read more

If you have been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that I have loved serving the MOPS (Mothers of Preschooler's) Ministry of my church as one of the Mentors . I absolutely adore the Moms with their young ones, how they intensely love their children and want to be the best Mom possible for them. I vividly remember those days in my ... read more

Happy Belated Mother's Day to my many friends who are Mothers and to everyone who ever had a Mom. I had a sweet Mother's Day with 2 of my daughters enjoying a dinner created by my oldest daughter and enjoyed in her home. I missed seeing my own mother and our middle daughter and grandson on Mother's Day, but I am thankful for cards that were sent ... read more

My blog has been quiet because my life has been so full lately. A while ago, I read a statement on a blog that I really agreed with and I have rewritten for myself.... "my blog lives for me; I don’t live for my blog". So I am going to live my life in the moments that God has given and feel very little stress (okay, maybe a little stress) when I ... read more

For the past year, this flag has hung in our front window, a Service Flag showing that our family had a service member serving in the war (you can learn more about these flags here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_flag)
On Tuesday evening, this flag was no longer necessary as our son-in-law came home from a year's deployment in Afghanistan. ... read more